The legendary double-album "Oregon in Moscow" represent songs from the entire musical history of the band Oregon, recorded with a symphony orchestra.

The formation OREGON has surely been well-known to most jazz and classical music enthusiasts. During the past 50+ years of band history, Oregon has become a synonym for genre-crossing music of the finest.
Emerging in 1970 from the legendary Paul Winter Consort, Oregon, right from the start combined elements of jazz with those of symphonic classical music and what is known today under the makeshift term 'world music.' If one takes into consideration that integrating musical elements from non-'western' cultures wasn't exactly common back then, this band's pioneering status is all the more clear.
Despite their music defying classification Oregon have not only persevered until today, but they have also long become a legend of their own.
In the late 90s the core trio - supported by the outstanding percussionist Mark Walker and star producer Steve Rodby - set out to realize an ambitious project which they had often thought about, but not yet put to action: an Oregon album accompanied by a symphony orchestra.
After a long search - and with the tailwind of the Perestroika - Moscow was finally chosen - more specifically, the 'Great Symphony Orchestra of Moscow Radio in the Name of Tchaikovsky', and the musically exemplary State Recording House of the GDRZ. Here, in June 1999, the 15 tracks of this double-album were recorded in just six days of recording. These tracks represent excerpts from the entire musical history of the band Oregon.
This album was recorded strictly simultaneously, meaning that the band and the orchestra faced each other in the recording room and played the songs together. No overdubbing each other, no faking a relationship that wasn't there; just recording and mixing with the highest standards of quality. In this respect, 'Oregon in Moscow' combines the best qualities of a live recording with those of a studio production.

Track Listing

Disc 1:

• Round Robin
• Beneath An Evening Song
• Acis And Galatea
• The Templars
• Anthem
• All The Mornings Bring
• Along The Way
• Arianna
• Icarus

Disc 2:

• Waterwheel
• Spanish Stars
• Free-form Piece For Orchestra And Improvisors
• Spirits Of Another Sort
• Firebat
• Zephyr

Additional Details

Label: Intuition

Genre: Jazz

Run Time: 91:19 mins

Region: 0

Release Date: 12/06/24

UPC: 750447330320